Walked into the office on Monday. One of the support guys calls over "What the heck is that?"
"My lunch", I replied, as I waved some Greek meatballs in a tupperware container in my left hand.
"Er..no, your other hand, on your shoulder"
"Oh, my anti-tank missile. I need a hat stand"
All of a sudden half the office comes around the corner to check.

I like being able to decorate my office with such things. Probably wouldn't have gotten away with it at some other jobs. I wonder if they'll let me keep a goldfish?

The 2D artists have drawn a very nice picture of a Chieftain for me, it's one of the rotating banners on the new Community portal. Only problem is that it's a mirrored image. Must ask them to reverse it...

Walked into the office on Monday. One of the support guys calls over "What the heck is that?"
"My lunch", I replied, as I waved some Greek meatballs in a tupperware container in my left hand.
"Er..no, your other hand, on your shoulder"
"Oh, my anti-tank missile. I need a hat stand"
All of a sudden half the office comes around the corner to check.

I like being able to decorate my office with such things. Probably wouldn't have gotten away with it at some other jobs. I wonder if they'll let me keep a goldfish?

In 1975 at FT. Campbell KY. one the the soldiers in my company wanted a lamp and as we made a night movement to contact he was unaccounted for near the dud range. as we completed the night phase of our ARTAP.. The big heat tab in the sky (sun) awoke and we noticed silver fins sticking out of the troops ruck sack . The CO seeing it got very annoyed told him to put the ruck down and move away from it. We all backed off about 100 meters,Five min later EOD arrives. Seems the fool picked a live unexploded WP mortar round for his lamp.

EOD took one look a the RUCK asked who it belonged to,pulled a Rifle and some Ammo fired two shots and the ruck sack vaporized ,and we all had to put out a fire. The troop was charged for a new A.L.I .CE. rucksack and restricted to the barracks 14 and 14 (14 day restriction,and 14 day extra duty )

My war trophies the most unique the wheel hub to a MIG-29 From Camp TQ Iraq.

In 1975 at FT. Campbell KY. one the the soldiers in my company wanted a lamp and as we made a night movement to contact he was unaccounted for near the dud range. as we completed the night phase of our ARTAP.. The big heat tab in the sky (sun) awoke and we noticed silver fins sticking out of the troops ruck sack . The CO seeing it got very annoyed told him to put the ruck down and move away from it. We all backed off about 100 meters,Five min later EOD arrives. Seems the fool picked a live unexploded WP mortar round for his lamp.

EOD took one look a the RUCK asked who it belonged to,pulled a Rifle and some Ammo fired two shots and the ruck sack vaporized ,and we all had to put out a fire. The troop was charged for a new A.L.I .CE. rucksack and restricted to the barracks 14 and 14 (14 day restriction,and 14 day extra duty )

My war trophies the most unique the wheel hub to a MIG-29 From Camp TQ Iraq.

Alright, if we're in to one-upmanship and general sillyness with high explosives, let's take a trip to the 1980s, shall we?

I have an Uncle, like many other people do. Problem is, this Uncle doesn't do much in the way of "forward thinking."

This Uncle was also a combat engineer.

As part of his duties as a combat engineer in a nation with a love for the colour orange, he was sent, along with his unit to the East/West German border when there was such a thing.

As much as film likes to portray the Cold War as exciting, for a combat engineer in West Germany living off field rations, it was none to exciting. This Uncle decides he'll improve matters; he's going to catch some fish.

Does he decide to go to a local lake? No, of course not. He goes to the river marking the boundary between East and West Germany. You're probably thinking, "No, that's probably not the best place to go fishing." You'd likely be right.

Remember when I said this Uncle wasn't very forward thinking? Well he's also impatient. Using a fishing rod is tiresome; no better than sitting back in the barracks. What did he do to speed up the fishing process? He brought a dozen hand grenades.

Fish don't much care for explosives, believe it or not. Neither do East German border guards, oddly enough.

A few phone calls later, a certain number of troops at divisional level were prepared to counter NATO infiltrators possibly signalling advanced preparations for a NATO attack.

Meanwhile my Uncle is trying to gather up dead fish.

Seeing as we're all still here, people with greater mental faculties than him figured out what happened, and suitably stockaded my dear old Uncle for an extensive period of time, yet it goes to show that even one shortsighted, explosive happy Dutchman can bring about the entire annihilation of mankind.

General Direction and I are having a bit of an internal contest in the office. Didn't realise we had one going, but apparently we do.

He is pleased at the fact that he has a higher 'reputation' than I do. He cunningly used the caption competition to increase his rep: Click "plus" next to the caption that you like, and he placed ten posts on there.

General Direction and I are having a bit of an internal contest in the office. Didn't realise we had one going, but apparently we do.

He is pleased at the fact that he has a higher 'reputation' than I do. He cunningly used the caption competition to increase his rep: Click "plus" next to the caption that you like, and he placed ten posts on there.